Server Based Setup
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In order to complete a server based setup, you need to have a Microart Cloud server (or your own) hosted. Below are steps that need to be completed on both NTFX and Microart Cloud.
After purchasing NTFX you are given access to the partner portal.
Login at .
From here you can manage all your connections you have with Microart via the partners portal. As a partner you can also request source code for any of the applications as well.
From the dashboard, click spaces. Spaces is a unified place for all your Microart Partner services like, Cloud, Fireaura, and many more.
Create a new service and choose the "Cloud" preset.
From here you are given a basic partner cloud instance with 3x C3 systems and one G3 system. You can subscribe to more units if required.
In the top right corner, select the migrate button to migrate your configuration and choose Microart Farad. Microart Farad is a serverless cloud computing service that charges as you go, you can migrate your instances from C1, C2, C3, or C4 to Microart Farad and gain a compensation in credit until August 16, 2022.
Once your Microart Farad service is up and running, create a new container. Set the service type to non-repressive. This ensures the server will always keep a socket open.
In the new container, you must choose an environment to setup. The environment chosen is completely up to you, however, windows environments perform the best.
After choosing the environment, setup a new function.
Once setup, click settings, then consume template. In the dialog choose "Microart NTFX - Microservice FRX (Microart Farad): NTFX Server Complete Transpose". This will import the entire NTFX server library into your container.
Now Goto your container settings and choose network.
From here you can change the domain, setup SLL, add custom routing, etc.
Once finalized, go back to the partner spaces dashboard.
From here select the cloud space.
Click new service and select Microart Publish v2.
Microart Publish is a free Continuous Integration service and comes standard with the purchase of any cloud service.
You should now be redirected to publish.microart.cf. If asked whether you want the app "publish" to access your Microart ID, press "allow". This is only temporary and can be revoked later.
From the publish interface, select your container you created earlier. In here you can synchronize your container with a Microart Git repository or leave all the files in Microart Cloud.
Some more details may be required before publishing your service.
Because containers are highly optimized, they need to be provisioned to your account when they are first created. For this reason, the first publish will take a few minutes. Subsequent publishes can be pushed in seconds.
Once live, your server should be ready at https://publish.microart.cf/your-partner-tag/your-container
Start up NTFX
Type in provision this brings up the provision wizard for NTFX. Provisioning allows you to modify your NTFX terminal outside the actual subsystem itself. Similar to how laptops and devices are managed by your institution regardless of the OS.
In the provision menu select create new profile
The provision wizard will now ask for the URL to an NTFX server.
In here enter your URL from publish.microart.cf
Upon pressing enter you should see a lot packages being installed, this is the Microart RemoteCLI integration in NTFX which allows you to remotely view the actions the server is taking. None of the packages are being installed on your machine, they are being installed on the Cloud Server.
Once finished, press configure now.
A new browser window should open to localhost:8217/provision
From here you can customize the entire copy of NTFX
Once you finish your customization, press export
A ntfx-provision.server-template.ntfx file will be downloaded. Do not rename the file.
The file will be more than the entire size of NTFX (+300MB). Don't accidently upload it to the server.
Open NTFX
Type provision prepare
From here choose the location of the ntfx provision file
The provision wizard will intelligently analyze the file and determine the exact configuration the server needs to make
Once complete, a new file will be created called ntfx-primer.ntex
Finally type ntex compile exe
The NTEX tool will now compile the ntex source to an exe and sign it using your personal certificate. If you do not have a certificate, the exe will remain unsigned.
Once done, a new ntfx-provisioned-installer.exe will be created. Feel free to rename this file and upload to any website or sharing service to distribute it to your employee's / members.
Double click the installer
The install will inform you the build of NTFX is provisioned
Any installs of your provisioned NTFX copy can be viewed from within your Cloud Farad instance
Instead of using Cloud Farad, ntfx-dash.microart.cf is a new website that lets you connect your Farad instance and monitor your NTFX copies from a graphical user interface.